Exercise 1: Classroom language

1SPEAKING! Read the instructions below and make sentences. Speak for no longer than one minute.

You are a teacher. Give instructions to your students.

  • Tell them to do four things.
  • Tell them not to do four things.

You can use these ideas or your own ideas:

  • open books / answer questions / use a dictionary / sit down
  • chat / use your phone / throw paper / use your MP3 player


You are a student. Ask for help from the teacher.
You can use these ideas or your own ideas:

  • You don’t understand something.
  • You want the teacher to say something again.
  • You want to know the English word for something.

Sorry, I …
Can you …
How do …

  1. Select Record Audio to record yourself.
  2. 2 If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.
  3. 3 Select Submit to dropbox to send the recording to your teacher.